I have seen these Pottery Barn inspired lanterns all over blogland, so when I found these two old house lanterns for $3.00 at a thrift store, I snapped them up! They were so gross, and needed a good cleaning before I could paint them. They still had old hornet's nests inside!
It was a bit of work to get them apart, but I finally did, and here they are, all cleaned up and ready to go down to the garage for painting with Krylon Oil Rubbed Bronze paint.
7 comments:
What a brilliant idea! I must go and search for that lantern I used to have, hope I didn´t throw it away... and then stuff it with leaves as well, it looks gorgeous!
Thanks for the inspiration :-)
What a great idea, and gorgeous end result! Thanks for sharing the idea! :o)
GREAT looking lanterns .I luv treasure hunting THANK YOU for sharing ;~}
What a clever idea for "repurposing" and totally gorgeous! Great job.
I've gotta find some 2. What was the final finish you put on them? or did the bronze paint dry that dark cuz in the one pic they look gold? beautiful results. thanks for sharing.
Hi AngeLikeMe,
Thanks for your comment!
Yes - the lanterns were much lighter before spray painting. The ORB (Krylon Oil Rubbed Bronze) is a very dark brown with a metalflake type finish. Wonderful finish!
Thanks for answering. Good tip to know. They are just wonderful. You've inspired me to create a spooky mantel next year.
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